CNN: Petraeus in the hot seat on the Hill: Former CIA director to testify about Benghazi attack
Former CIA Director David Petraeus is expected to testify Friday before congressional lawmakers that he knew "almost immediately" the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was the work of a loosely-formed militia with members sympathetic to al Qaeda. Petraeus' aim in testifying, according to an official with knowledge of the case, is to clear up "a lot of misrepresentations of what he told Congress initially."

CNN: Jindal says Romney 'gift' remark 'completely unhelpful'
Gov. Bobby Jindal – the newly elected chair of the Republican Governors Association – reiterated Thursday his irritation at Mitt Romney's comments explaining his defeat in the presidential election. Romney was recorded telling donors on a conference call that President Barack Obama won votes by offering "gifts" to minorities and young voters. "This is not where the Republican Party needs to go,” Jindal told CNN. “If you want voters to like you, the first thing you've got to do is like them first."

CNN: Obama tours storm-battered New York
President Barack Obama on Thursday designated Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan the federal point person to lead New York's storm recovery effort, a little over two weeks after a rare mix of converging weather slammed into the Northeast. "FEMA basically runs the recovery process," the president said. "It doesn't focus on the rebuilding. For that, we've got to have all government agencies involved."

CNN: Families of killed rig workers react to BP settlement
On Thursday, the Justice Department announced that London-based BP will pay a record fine to settle criminal claims in the ensuing catastrophe. The firm agreed to shell out $4.5 billion in government penalties and plead guilty to a dozen felony charges after the April 20, 2010 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig led to the largest oil spill in U.S. history. For many who lost loved ones, Thursday's announcement offered what they described as only a limited sense of justice.

CNN: Japan dissolves lower house of parliament, sets stage for election
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan dissolved the lower house of the country's parliament on Friday, setting the stage for general elections next month that could bring losses to his party. The decision, made under pressure from the main opposition Liberal Democrat Party (LDP), is likely to prove unpopular with some members of Noda's own party, the governing Democratic Party. And it could cost him his job.

CNN: Bombs on Gaza to cease for Egyptian prime minister visit
Explosions have rumbled through Gaza all night into Friday, a day after Palestinian officials reported 19 deaths and Israeli officials said three had died from rocket fire. But Gazans may be getting a respite from the ongoing bombings, as Egypt's prime minister arrived for a visit to Gaza, and Israel has planned a cease-fire Friday to accommodate him, a senior Israeli official said.

CNN: Fear, mourning, celebration in Gaza City
A mix of explosions filled Gaza City's air late Thursday, but not all were blasts of war. A celebration erupted as a mosque loudspeaker chant proclaimed: "God is great. We have hit Tel Aviv." Rockets fired straight upward were not targeted at an enemy, but were aimed at raising spirits with claims that militant missiles launched from Gaza reached Israel's government center 45 miles (71 kilometers) away. One Gaza-launched rocket landing just south of Tel Aviv Thursday, in an open area near Rishon LeZion, the Israel Defense Forces said.

CNNMoney: BP to pay record penalty for Gulf oil spill
BP will plead guilty to manslaughter charges stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and agreed to pay $4.5 billion in government penalties, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday.

CNNMoney: Fed sets new stress tests for US banks
The Federal Reserve, preparing to embark on its latest round of so-called stress tests, released the details Friday of three economic scenarios it will use to judge the health of the U.S.'s largest lenders. The scenarios range from mild to calamitous, with the most extreme including a 5% decline in gross domestic product, an unemployment rate of 12% and a volatile stock market which loses half its value.

CNNMoney: Fate of paychecks rests on fiscal cliff
Lawmakers may cut a deal to avert the fiscal cliff by Dec. 31. Or they may not. If they don't, paychecks in January will get smaller and millions of workers may face weeks of uncertainty about their what their true take-home pay will be. Families that live paycheck to paycheck could feel the sting of limbo most acutely.

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Wire Palladin, S.F.

After listening to Mittens blame everyone but himself for his drubbing last week, then watching McCain's lying attacks on our president, I would think even baggers and bigots of the GOP would realize America really was lucky to not have elected these two. Both represent what is wrong with the Republican Party.

November 16, 2012 06:08 am at 6:08 am |

Wire Palladin, S.F.

Mittens entire election was about giving even more free gifts to the rich. He bought their votes with even more tax cuts to the wealthy.

November 16, 2012 06:10 am at 6:10 am |

Wire Palladin, S.F.

I miss no longer having a peach milkshake and sandwich at Chick-fil-A, pizza from Papa Johns, and Grand Slams from Denny's, but I am a better person for saying "No!" to them for being stupid.

November 16, 2012 06:19 am at 6:19 am |

Gurgyl

Where are you–four door, my view, truth hurts.....we miss you–it is a beauty of democracy–speak without fear. CNN we love you for posting all the comments–you prove true Democracy is alive well in USA which is the reason the great nation on earth!!! USA, god bless!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pls stop talking about or making a big deal about "how many black ppl voted ". I'm a human being and I don't care to here some idiot tell me how or why I voted . I'd like to think my mom and dad did a great job at raising me . The fact that my father continued to instill values and always made me aware of my choses and always choses right. To chooses a president that lies, that refers to me as 48%, and that changes his views with the current fads is insulting . Romni was basically telling us as Americans that he going to be the Puppet President . And I find it strang that some of the things he said that offended ppl by telling how he felt or how some one in his party told him to feel causes controversy then you would have idiots like mcane saying if he apoligizes I'm okay w what he did . Pls lets just keep it real Republicans don't realize those days are over. Pls stop putting the back of the woods small towns in Texas on tv saying how they don't want Obama as a president with out a reason why they don't like him other than he's blk . Those ppl would rather allow there children to starve than let a blk person run the county : let alone tell them what to do